Our media coverage for Grandparents’ Day included:
Prince George
Radio – The Goat https://www.myprincegeorgenow.com/83613/83613/
Radio – CKPG https://ckpgtoday.ca/article/538681/international-grandparents-day
Radio – CFIS No link available
Lower Mainland
Print –https://www.newwestrecord.ca/community/help-grandparents-by-celebrating-grandparents-day-in-new-westminster-1.23417172
Print – https://www.vancourier.com/community/grandparents-day-festival-and-stroll-in-new-west-sept-9-1.23415467
Radio – https://soundcloud.com/pss-jane-b-pss/jane-bouey-talking-grandparents-day-on-takes-a-village-with-molly-caron
TV – Punjabi Channel No link available
Provincial
TV – CTV https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1475422 Begins at 11:14.***
TV – French CBC No link available
Radio – https://soundcloud.com/pss-jane-b-pss/carol-madsen-on-grandparents-day-radio-canada-2018-09-07
Print – BC Teachers’ Federation – Social Justice Newsletter https://bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=50948
Online – BC Council of Families – https://www.bccf.ca/bccf/blog/more-grandparents-raising-grandchildren/
Yearly Archives: 2018
2018 Grandparents’ Day – New Westminster (Photos by Paul Steeves)
- Councillor Laurie Williams reading the Proclamation of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Month
- Acting Mayor Laurie Williams cutting the ribbon
- Stroll is underway
- Happy Grandparents Day
- Double Rainbow Ensemble (Sue Baines and Steve Cotterill)
- Live music with Double Rainbow Ensemble
- Dancing
- #AllOnBoard
- Parent Support Services
- Tapappellas
- Tap Dancing
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Advocacy Table
- Proud Big Sister
- Volunteers at the Silent Auction Table
- Carol introducing Esaine Mo Vernay
- More dancing
- Esaine Mo Vernay
- Staff posing with Esaine
- Shari Monsma - proud Grandma
- Proud grandma filming grandson she is raising
- Lucas - from Tri-cities Music School singing
- Margo an instructor from Tri-cities Music School sings
- Proud - Shari, Lucas, Margo
- Shari and Lucas
- Craft TAble
- Conversation
- Colouring
- More crafts
- More colouring
- Our sound guys Elwin & Kerry
- Children with facepainted
- Making the 50/50 draw
- Carol with the Tapappellas
- Facepainting
- Origami
- Crissy & Viktor
- Carol Madsen interviewed by CTV
- Bella & her sister and Mom
- Painting faces
- The Wheel!
- Volunteers at the Balloons and Buttons
- Balloons were popular
- Family Services of Greater Vancouver and the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth
- The Fire Truck is Here
- Everyone loves a fire truck
- Posing with the Fire Truck
- Inside the Fire Truck
- Seeing inside the Fire Truck
- Bella having fun
- Bella selling tickets
- Learning about community services
- Bidding on silent auction items
- #AllonBoard
- Volunteer Peter looking after the Auction Tables
- Origami
- Origami Fun
Craft Table
- Thanks to everyone who came from all of us at PSS